sortinghat_logs | You'll Rebel To Anything

WHO: Eriq Slepner and Aranea Serket
TONE: Rebelliousness? A little bit of a tiff, perhaps?
RATING: No higher than PG-13 for language
WHEN: After this thread
WHERE: Outside of the school
WHAT: Eriq and Aranea privately discussing the High Inquisitor Snow and methods of dealing with him.
STATUS: [ONGOING]

Eriq never cared much for discussing private matters over the journals. The professors were generally far more skilled with magic than any of the students, potentially causing filters to be broken into, and even if they weren't, there were other methods of investigating - as Professor Peixes proved over the summer break. And while discussing one's allegiance was hardly as scandalous a subject as masturbation, in the wrong hands, it could be trouble. The only way such a thing could truly be a private discourse would be for him and Aranea to be out of sight, out of earshot, and out of mind.

Unfortunately, he could only ensure the first two by speaking with her outside. Mind manipulation was something a bit out of his range. So he waited for her by the front doors, his usual dark make-up reduced to a simple application of eyeliner, wearing his school uniform as opposed to his casual clothes.

Ugh, he'd have to make adjustments to those too, wouldn't he?

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She can feel her heartbeat speed up as he pulls her closer and deepens the kiss. Her first kiss. And he was sweet, and usually kind, and nice to her and his lips felt nice against hers. Even the height difference doesn't seem to be such a problem, though she supposes eventually she'll get tired of being on tiptoes.

But eventually Eriq's words ring through the fluttering of her heart and Aranea pulls away slightly, frown marring her forehead. "Eriq... why would you think that I'll ruin everything?"

Being told that you're a distraction, that you'll ruin everything thr boy you're crushing on is a bit of a mood killer after all. And she honestly can't imagine how Eriq could think that.

No, please don't ask him such questions when he'd been flying so high on that kiss. It was like marshmallows and pillows and everything soft and squishy, and he could have just sunk into her lips for the rest of his life.

"Isn't it obvious?" he sighs, tightening his grip on her, not wanting her to pull away at all, despite his words. "Herbert, for one, is going to throw a fit. He doesn't like girls." He pauses before adding, "At all, I think. And as absolutely enchanting as I find you, he's my best friend, my closest confidant. I don't want to lose him, not over a girl."

Leaning down, he presses his forehead against hers, eyes closed and lips parted in another small sigh. "And you just... do things to me, Aranea. I feel so stupid and unsure when I'm around you, like my thoughts can't come quickly enough. My wits are all I have, Aranea, to be so crippled..."

He brushes his knuckles over her cheek, ducking his head to try and steal another kiss.

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She twists her head in response, dodging his lips before carefully pressing her fingers against them, looking back up at him. "No, Eriq, we need to talk, because if there's problems now, they will only grow and I don't... I don't want either of us hating the other."

She sighs softly, bumping her glasses up to her forehead to rub pinch the bridge of he nose, thinking carefully about what she wants to say. "Do... do you think I want that? I... I would dearly love a relationship like this with you, but I don't want it to come at the cost of one of your closest friends, even if it is Herbert. And if pursuing me, loses you him, is that something you really want to do? Am I really worth that much?"

Sighing again she looks down, studying both their feet as she continues, resisting the urge to chew the inside of her cheek, a nervous habit she thought she had long been broken of. "An I don't want you to feel like you're dumb around me either, because that's not smart. You're highly intelligent and if... If I am crippling you so much, is that really something you want? I..."

Swallowing she looks up, carefully moving her hand to cover the knuckles against her cheek. "I don't want you to loose so much and only get me. Is that really a worthwhile deal?"

Shoulders slumping as Aranea dodges his kiss, he presses his lips to her fingers instead, lightly kissing the tips.

"I don't know," he shrugs, tilting his head to kiss her cheek. "I've never felt this way before. Never thought I'd have the chance. And maybe it's not worth it, but in the name of science, I think the risk might prove to yield fascinating results, don't you?"

"And besides, I don't think I could ever hate you."

She tries her best not to smile, not wanting to reward him when he is in fact probably doing this only to win her over. But it's hard, the smallest turn up of her lips obvious.

So she lets him kiss her cheek, sighing softly. It would be easy to say yes, consequences be damned, but that's not who she is. "I... well firstly, it's not very romantic to call our attempt at a romantic relationship as something in the name of science, but I understand what you mean... I just. I don't want you to lose everything that makes you who you are, including your friendship."

"...Could you promise me that you'd tell me if it was affecting you and your life too much?"

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